olfactory
英 [ɒl'fækt(ə)rɪ]
美 [ɑl'fæktəri]
GRE TOEFL
olfactory 嗅觉的来自拉丁语olere,闻，嗅，散发气味，词源同odor.-fact,做，使，词源同fact,effect.即闻到气味的，有嗅觉的。字母d,l音变，比较tongue,language.
- olfactory
- olfactory: [17] Olfactory means etymologically ‘making smell’. It was borrowed from Latin *olfactōrius, a derivative of the verb olfacere ‘smell’. This in turn was a blend of olēre ‘smell’ (source of English redolent and related to odour) and facere ‘make’ (source of English fact, faction, etc).
=> odour, redolent - olfactory (adj.)
- 1650s, from Latin olfactorius, from olfact-, past participle stem of olfacere "to get the smell of, sniff," from olere "emit a smell, give off a smell of" (see odor) + facere "to make" (see factitious).
- 1. Human mind constantly depend on objects which are taken from visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile means.
- 人的心理不断地依赖于从视觉，听觉，嗅觉，味觉和触觉得到的目标。
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- 2. This olfactory sense develops in the womb.
- 这一嗅觉在子宫内形成。
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- 3. Repellency is not confined to the olfactory senses.
- 防护性不只限于嗅觉感官.
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- 4. It arouses their olfactory sense.
- 这唤起了他们的嗅觉.
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- 5. Exposure may produce olfactory fatigue or habituation.
- 接触可以引起嗅觉疲劳或成瘾.
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